Author Admin Posted on September 29, 2022December 26, 2022Categories COMMUNITY HEALTH   Leave a comment on An unlikely prescription for good health: Read to your kids every day.

An unlikely prescription for good health: Read to your kids every day.

Ten million children currently experiencing poverty in the United States don’t have easy access to books. Most children, from all walks of life, don’t have caregivers who make time for shared reading activities. From an early age, children are fascinated by the images and tales that unfold across pages. When a child loses access to those pages, the long-term effects reach far beyond the issue of literacy. Health and family well-being are at stake. In an era when there’s so … Continue reading “An unlikely prescription for good health: Read to your kids every day.”

Author Admin Posted on September 19, 2022December 26, 2022Categories COMMUNITY HEALTH   Leave a comment on Rural communities face higher rates of childhood trauma. One woman is using Stanford methodology to help them heal.

Rural communities face higher rates of childhood trauma. One woman is using Stanford methodology to help them heal.

One autumn day in November of 1962, a preacher stood inside a high school gymnasium in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and delivered an early iteration of what would become one of the most revered speeches in American history. “I have a dream that one day right here in Rocky Mount, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will meet at the table of brotherhood, knowing that one God brought man to the face of the … Continue reading “Rural communities face higher rates of childhood trauma. One woman is using Stanford methodology to help them heal.”